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Features
Processor
This motherboard uses a mPGA 478-pin socket that carries the following features:
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Accommodates Intel P4 Willamette/Northwood/Prescott 478-pin CPU
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Supports a system bus (FSB) of 800*(overclocking)/533/400 MHz
(*A CPU with 800MHz FSB requires using DDR400)
Chipset
Intel's 845PE(MCH) Northbridge (NB) and 82801DB(ICH4) Southbridge (SB) chipsets
are based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perfor-
mance.
845PE(NB)
82801DB
(ICH4) (SB)
Memory
This motherboard can accommodate two 2.5V DIMM DDR SDRAM, supporting DDR400
(overclocking)/333/266 with maximum memory size of 2GB capability.
AC'97 Audio CODEC
The AC'97 Audio CODEC is compliant with the AC'97 2.3 specification that meets the
PC2001 requirements. It also has a built-in buffer and internal PLL. Features include
support for analog switch for rear-out (share), the line-in jack (share), center/bass (share),
and MIC jack to output 6 channels audio.
Expansion Options
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
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Five 32-bit PCI slots
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One AGP slot
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Two IDE connectors which support four IDE devices
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One floppy disk drive interface
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One optional CNR (Communication Networking Riser) slot
The motherboard supports Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 100/66
33MB/s.
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Supports DDR400 (overclocking)/333/266 unbuffered non-ECC DDR
DIMMs
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Supports a single processor with a Data Transfer-Rate of 800
(overclocking, requires using DDR400)/533/400MHz
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AGTL+Host Bus With Integrated Termination supporting 32-bit Host
Addressing
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Supports 3D Setup and Render Engine and zone rendering with high
quality texture engine.
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Compliant with PCI 2.2 specification at 33MHz
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6 USB 2.0 ports for serial transfers at 480 Mbit/s
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Supports AC'97 2.3 specification
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Supports up to two Ultra DMA100/66/33 IDE channels
Introducing the Motherboard